President Cleo P. Mathews called the emergency meeting of the West Virginia Board of
Education to order at 1:00 p.m. on October 18, 1999, in the Board Conference Room, Capitol
Building 6, Room 353, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia. Members
present were Secretary J. D. Morris, Sandra M. Chapman (via telephone), Sheila M. Hamilton
(via telephone), James J. MacCallum (via telephone), and Paul J. Morris. The Board met with
representatives of the Isaacson, Miller consulting firm (via telephone) to discuss developments
in the search for a state superintendent of schools. No business was transacted.